If Trump’s Charity Reflects the Man…

After the Associated Press reviewed Donald Trump’s financial records and other government filings, it has come to the following conclusions about his claims to charitable contributions over the past five years:

• They may be overstated.
• Even if they were accurate, they’re relatively chintzy.
• They’re often connected to some kind of celebrity.
• In some cases, Trump himself is the primary beneficiary.

Though there is little documentation for it, Trump claims to have over the past five years given $102 million worth of cash and land to charity. But those gifts have not been made through the Donald J. Trump foundation, at least not since 2008. The only grants made through the foundation have been made because of contributions from others.